Bouquet-holder



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BOUQUET-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 579,181, dated March23, 1897.

Application filed January 9, 1897. Serial No. 618,686. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD R. ROBERTS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Grafton, in the county of Allegheny and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBouquet-Holders; and I do declare the following. to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as Will enable othersskilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to bouquet-holders.

The object of the invention is to provide a device of this characterwhich shall be simple of construction, durable in use, and comparativelyinexpensive of production, and which may be readily attached to andremoved from the garment of a person, and which will securely retain thebouquet in position.

With these objects in view the invention consists of certain features ofconstruction and combination of parts, as will be hereinafter more fullydescribed and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front view of my improvedbouquet-holder, and Fig. 2 is a side view showing in dotted lines thegarment to which it is attached.

The device consists of a base-plate A, preferably of disk form, havingon its under side a pivoted spring-pin B, the point of which is adaptedto be engaged with the keeper 0.

D denotes a spring-bow, the lower ends of which are coiled, as shown atE, and are connected with pins F, that pass through holes in the diskand are riveted thereto.

In use the bow is pulled away from the body portion and the stems of theflowers are inserted between it and the body, and the bow will thenspring back against the stems and further hold the bouquet in theposition into which it is placed.

The device is very simple, and may be attached to or removed from thegarment in a short space of time.

Although I have specifically described the construction and relativearrangement of the several elements of my invention, I do not desire tobe confined to the same, as such changes or modifications may be made asclearly fall within the scope of my invention without departing from thespirit thereof.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent of the United States, is-

A bouquet-holder consisting of a base-plate provided on one side with anattaching-pin, in combination with a spring-bow, the lower ends of whichare formed with coils, and pins connected to the free ends of the coilsand passing through holes in the plate and riveted thereto,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afEiX my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

EDWARD R. ROBERTS.

Witnesses:

LAwRENoE W. BIGHAM, ADAM S. MILLER.

